14624 LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04096664 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-25
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 22.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 22.6y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 gazette
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-24📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2026-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-20📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-06-17✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2023-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2010-02-28➖THOMAS, David Randall resigneddirector
- 2006-03-01➖BUTLER, David George resigneddirector
- 2003-09-12🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2003-09-12🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2001-12-19➕WILLIAMS, David Gwyn Jones appointeddirector
- 2001-12-19➕THOMAS, David Randall appointeddirector
- 2000-10-25🏢Company incorporatedAs 14624 LIMITED
- 2000-10-25➕WILLIAMS, Karen Ailsa appointedsecretary
- 2000-10-25➕WILLIAMS, Karen Ailsa appointeddirector
- 2000-10-25➕BUTLER, David George appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 med ·Name changed recently
mediumName changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2024-06-17: certificate-change-of-name-company
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Karen Ailsa Williams Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-10-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70221 — Financial management
Registered office
105 West Road Nottage
Porthcawl
CF36 3RY
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
WILLIAMS, Karen Ailsa→
Activesecretary · appointed 2000-10-25
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WILLIAMS, David Gwyn Jones→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2001-12-19
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WILLIAMS, Karen Ailsa→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2000-10-25
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BUTLER, David George→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 2000-10-25 · resigned 2006-03-01
THOMAS, David Randall→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2001-12-19 · resigned 2010-02-28
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 12/09/2003 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 12/09/2003 | — |
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Recent filings (78 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-22
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-18
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-09